The Wild Reed

Thoughts & interests of a queer seeker of the Divine Presence;
of a “soul dancer,” seeking to embody with grace and verve
the mystico-prophetic spiritual tradition

Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Four Political Commentaries Worth Viewing

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I share this evening four recent video commentaries that caught my attention. All four come from independent media sources. In the first ...

Quote of the Day

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I agree. The October 7, 2023 attack on Israel was extremely brutal, though upon further investigation, there appears to be little to no ev...
Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Quote of the Day

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G od bless the life – the stories, the songs – that was and will always be Dolly Parton . I have quoted her in many a sermon. It is her voic...
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Sunday, August 23, 2026

Choosing to Awaken

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I f you want to believe that what your physical eyes can see is all that’s there, then fine, you can. Stay in that small fraction of percep...
Friday, August 21, 2026

A Mesmerizing Performance

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I mentioned previously that I had purchased a ticket for the live-stream of All the World’s a Stage , a performance by dancer Kadeem Hosein...
Thursday, August 20, 2026

“Woke 1.0” as Revisionist History

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In my view the 32-minute BreakThrough News segment below is a must-see as it explains a lot about what we’re currently witnessing in U.S. p...
Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Mysticism and Miracles

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In continuing with the Wild Reed series commemorating the 50th anniversary of the publication of A Course in Miracles , I share this eveni...
Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Quote of the Day

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D emocrats know exactly what their voters want. They have the data. The problem is what their voters want goes directly against what their ...
Monday, August 17, 2026

Mapping Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Defection from the “Obama Hypnosis”

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Earlier today the Due Dissidence podcast posted the following a 30-minute video in which hosts Russ Dobular and Keaton Weiss explore the ev...
Saturday, August 15, 2026

You Don’t Have to Think

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By Steve Taylor Y ou don’t have to think. You don’t need to anticipate before you act and provide a running commentary while you’re act...
Friday, August 14, 2026

Rejecting “Cartoonish Conclusions” About Marxism and Dealing with the “Actual Architecture of Our Current Reality”

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I don’t know who Gary Zajc is but I sure do appreciate his recent response on Facebook to Josh Bitterman’s take on The Communist Manifesto ...
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Michael J. Bayly
Born and raised in Australia, I now reside in the U.S. where from 2003-2015 I served as the executive coordinator of the Catholic Pastoral Committee on Sexual Minorities (CPCSM). During this time I also helped found both The Progressive Catholic Voice and the Catholic Coalition for Church Reform.

I established The Wild Reed in 2006 as a sign of solidarity with all who are dedicated to living lives of integrity – though, in particular, with gay people seeking to be true to both the gift of their sexuality and their Catholic faith. The Wild Reed's original by-line read, “Thoughts and reflections from a progressive, gay, Catholic perspective.” As you can see, it reads differently now. This is because my journey has, in many ways, taken me beyond, or perhaps better still, deeper into the realities that the words “progressive,” “gay,” and “Catholic” seek to describe.
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